Coping-tile for roofs and the like.



M. M.-TR 0MM. COPING TILE FOR ROOFS AND THE LIKE.

' Patented Aug. 20; 1913.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 26. I911- MORRIS M. TROMM, OF NEW POINT, INDIANA.

COPING-TILE FOR ROOFS AND THE LIKE.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 20, 1918.

Application filed. December 26, 1917. Serial No. 208,754.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Monms M. TROMM, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New Point, in the county of Decatur.

and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coping- Tiles for Roofs and the like, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specifica tion.

The object of my invention is to provide a tile preferably made of cement material which can be used for the coping of roofs, each tile adapted to be secured in place to the structure and to overlap its adjacent tile, forming a watertight construction in which each tile may be interlocked with the one it overlaps, while the tile can be taken up and removed if the same should'become necessary, without in any way destroying or injuring the tile sections. Provision is also made for holding on the coping, when laid, any lightning rod or cable which it may be desired to stretch on the coping, without in any way marring or injuring the coping.

Other features of advantage and novelty will be referred to in the course of the particular description which follows.

In the drawing,

Figure l is a perspective view of the upper side of two of my improved coping tiles.

Fig. 2 is a similar view, taken from the under side.

Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section of the same.

Fig. 4 is an end view.

Fig. 5 is a cross section taken though the securing openings in one end.

The coping tile 1 is semi-cylindrical in shape, with the side edges beveled as at 2, 2, to fit the inclination of the roof to which it is to be applied. At one end a pair of openings or slots 3, 3, are formed, preferably one on each side of the median line through which a strip of tin, a wire, or other securing means can be passed to secure the tile to the structure. The opposite end is provided with a head portion 4;, projecting above the surface of the tile and provided with a groove 5 underneath. At this end, the tile is provided on the under surface with a boss or lug 6 through which a hole 7 is formed. The upper surface of the head portion is also formed with a notch or groove 8 at its middle.

In laying the coping, the first section is laid with the head portion downward and a strip of tin or other fastening means is passed through the slots and around some suitable portion of the adjacent building structure. The next tile is then laid, with its head portion overlapping the secured end of the first tile. A nail or piece of wire is inserted through the hole in the lug underneath the head portion and is extended underneath the secured end of the first tile and thus the two tiles arelocked together. The groove in the head portion is filled with mortar, cement, plaster or other binding material and the two tiles are also provided with a waterproof joint. The succeeding sections of coping are secured'at one end and interlocked at the other in the same way, and the line of coping is thus provided permanently secured in place. The cemented joint is absolutely rainproof and the tiles are laid, however, so that they can readily be taken up and separated, without destroying or inj uring any of the sections. When the coping is laid, the notches in the middle of the head portion are all in alinement, and thus they present a channel or groove for holding any lightning rod or cable without other means of fastening, so that the tiles are not destroyed or injured by the rod or cable.

' Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A tile for a coping, semi-cylindrical in cross section and provided with openings in one end for the passage of a binding strip for securing same to the structure, with an overlapping raised semi-cylindrical rim por-' tion at the other end, said rim portion provided with a groove on the under side for the reception of binding material, and with a downwardly projecting lug at said latter end provided with a longitudinal opening for the reception of a rod to lock underneath the overlapped tile.

MORRIS M. TROMM.

Copies of this patent may be obtained. for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

